History Webcomic / TransposeOperator

''[[http://www.transposeoperator.com/ Transpose Operator]]'' is an ongoing futuristic horror webcomic created by Roxy Polk. An unnamed young woman [[spoiler:WordOfGod: "Karin"]] wakes up in a strange medical facility, with [[IdentityAmnesia no knowledge of who she is or how she came to be there]]. Spotted picking her way out from amongst the hundreds of sleeping bodies around her, she finds herself pursued by masked humanoids. She escapes to the roof only to find the [[AfterTheEnd ruined remains of civilisation]] spread before her. That, and a small army of soldiers aiming weapons at the facility...

The second chapter slows the pace down somewhat from the hectic opening chapter, and begins to fill in fine details of the milieu. The first few pages, however, are the most evocative of the story to date, and demonstrate the brilliantly dark and unsettling nature of the world Polk has created. It all bodes very well for the continuing story.

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''[[http://www.transposeoperator.com/ Transpose Operator]]'' is an ongoing futuristic horror webcomic created by Roxy Polk. An unnamed young woman [[spoiler:WordOfGod: "Karin"]] wakes up in a strange medical facility, with [[IdentityAmnesia no knowledge of who she is or how she came to be there]]. Spotted picking her way out from amongst the hundreds of sleeping bodies around her, she finds herself pursued by masked humanoids. She escapes to the roof only to find the [[AfterTheEnd ruined remains of civilisation]] spread before her. That, and a small army of soldiers aiming weapons at the facility...

The second chapter slows the pace down somewhat from the hectic opening chapter, and begins to fill in fine the details of as the milieu. The first few pages, however, are young woman, given the most evocative of name "Karin", joins up with a ragtag military group struggling to survive the story to date, apocalyptic ruins...and demonstrate the brilliantly dark and unsettling nature of the world Polk has created. It all bodes very well for the continuing story.monsters that inhabit them...

* DesolationShot: [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=66 Where would you like to escape to?]]

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* DesolationShot: [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=66 Where would you like {{Determinator}}: Trapped behind a locked door and about to escape to?]]pass out from smoke fumes...and she gets up and keeps going. Might be justified (see HealingFactor).

* {{Gorn}}: Intestinal surgery is only shown for a [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=53 single page]], but that's more than enough.** Oh, and don't forget [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=190 burning a living person's face off]]. While they're unable to move a muscle.* HeroicMime: Used for effect in the first dozen pages. Not a single word is spoken by our heroine or her [[SilentAntagonist pursuers]] until she's caught.* HeroesPreferSwords: The weaponry of choice for futuristic soldiers.** These aren't deft [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]] or [[{{Vibroweapon}} vibroblades]], either: they seem to be your good ol' fashioned sharpened lumps of iron.* IdentityAmnesia: It takes over a dozen pages for our heroine to spot her own lack of backstory. She's rather thrown by the discovery.* ItsQuietTooQuiet: [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=150 Everything seems too easy...]]

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* {{Gorn}}: {{Gorn}}: ** Intestinal surgery is only shown for a [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=53 single page]], page, but that's more than enough.** Oh, and don't forget [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=190 burning a living person's face off]]. While off...while they're unable to move a muscle.* HealingFactor: "Karin" has this, recovering from badly burned hands in a matter of hours. It's still unclear how it works, although it may have something to do with the strange nanomachines in her blood.* HeroicMime: Used for effect in the first dozen pages. Not a single word is spoken by our heroine "Karin" or her [[SilentAntagonist pursuers]] until she's caught.* HeroesPreferSwords: The weaponry of choice for futuristic soldiers.** These soldiers. They aren't deft [[KatanasAreJustBetter katanas]] or [[{{Vibroweapon}} vibroblades]], either: either; they seem to be your good ol' fashioned old-fashioned sharpened lumps of iron.* IdentityAmnesia: It takes over a dozen pages for our the heroine to spot her own lack of backstory. She's rather thrown by the discovery.* ItsQuietTooQuiet: [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=150 Everything seems too easy...]]because the facility operators are too busy destroying their experiments to try to oppose the human attackers.

* MagicSkirt: As far as the reader is concerned anyway. Given our lead female's tendency to run everywhere and climb every set of stairs she sees, we have to assume the lab staff get the [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=56 full service]].* MentalFusion[=/=]{{Telepathy}}: The staff of the medical facility can apparently [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=56 send their thoughts]] to each other. The mechanism hasn't been explained yet, though.* MedicalHorror: We're pretty sure open chest surgery isn't designed for conscious patients.* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Our heroine is certain this is her. She's basically correct when it comes to the facility staff.

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* MagicSkirt: As far as the reader is concerned anyway. Given our lead female's the tendency of "Karin" to run everywhere and climb every set of stairs she sees, we have to assume it is possible that the lab staff get got the [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=56 full service]].service.* MentalFusion[=/=]{{Telepathy}}: The staff of the medical facility can apparently [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=56 send their thoughts]] thoughts to each other. The mechanism hasn't been explained yet, though.* MedicalHorror: We're It's pretty sure obvious that open chest surgery isn't designed for conscious patients.* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Woman]]: Our heroine "Karin" is certain this is her. She's basically correct when it comes to the facility staff.

* SceneryGorn: [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=66 This is not a happy town]].* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Unfortunately for such a good ActionGirl, our heroine is instantly vulnerable to an arm grab.** Possibly handwavable due to the non-human nature of the medical staff. With enough squeezing pressure, and the strength to shrug off retaliation, there'd be no issue.* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Standard medical procedure in the future, it seems.* TookALevelInBadass: Our heroine. Right [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=196 here]].* {{Tsundere}}: From what little we know, [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=163 Nel]]. She just looks so CUTE with her arms all folded grumpy-like!

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* SceneryGorn: [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=66 This is not a happy town]].Used to good effect to show how trapped "Karin" is.* StandardFemaleGrabArea: Unfortunately for such a good ActionGirl, our heroine "Karin" is instantly vulnerable to an arm grab.** Possibly handwavable grab It's not clear if this is due to the non-human nature of the medical staff. With enough squeezing pressure, and "medical" staff of the strength to shrug off retaliation, there'd be no issue.facility.* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Standard medical procedure in the future, it seems.* TookALevelInBadass: Our heroine. Right [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=196 here]].seems. Justified when done by the humans in that they (correctly) predicted that "Karin" would try to flee upon waking up.* {{Tsundere}}: From what little we know, [[http://www.transposeoperator.com/?p=163 Nel]]. She just looks so CUTE with her arms all folded grumpy-like!Nel, who seems to be a type A.----

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